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Tell me about your “fantastic” Mother’s Day morning so far….(lighthearted)

207 replies

Tinacollada · 27/03/2022 09:30

DC (8) gave me a lovely hand made card and a tacky photo frame (but very cute thought)

DC (13) didn’t bother to say happy Mother’s Day, reluctantly made me a cup of tea that tastes like cats piss, no card, grumbled and went back to bed.

DC (8) has now brought me some out of date yoghurt as a “treat”

What a sense of occasion!

What have yours done for you…?

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FrenchyQ · 27/03/2022 10:15

Still in bed but watching TV. Ds15 just brought in his present and card, he got me a really nice flower planter (with herbs and violas in), card still had the price on tho 🤣
Not heard anything from DD23 yet but apparently I'm to expect a delivery at some point today (which she no doubt only ordered yesterday). I would have been just happy with a card from her instead of something random off Amazon.

oliviastwisted · 27/03/2022 10:15

DD1 got me flowers love ‘em.
DD2 made me a fab card, she is a very good artist so I really love it.
DS has been telling me all week that he had been making a card in school and he did it is fab. 3 from 3. Very happy.

wejammin · 27/03/2022 10:16

DS3 woke me up at 6 (previously 5) needing a wee (we're potty training) and DH was too asleep to take him. He then sang loudly for about an hour before DH relented.
DD1 has asked me 100000 times to get up so we can decorate mum's cake for later this afternoon.

Have been presented with 3 lovely cards and a very nice handmade picture of us made of rocks so no complaints there.

Had breakfast in bed of tea (the variety I hate, without sugar) and a burned hot cross bun with DS1's horrible margarine on it - supposed to be intermittent fasting but the DC insisted. Not perfect but they were very proud so that's very sweet.

About to get up now and sort the bloody cake - DD1 (age 7) wants to be a professional baker so we've got the turntable, piping bags etc, but she has the ideas of a genius and the coordination of a drunk bluebottle so it always ends in tears.

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Listenkid · 27/03/2022 10:17

I woke up to youngest dc fighting and dog piss on my carpet. And teenage dc gave me a lovely ornament dh had a lie in.

PissedOffNeighbour22 · 27/03/2022 10:18

Was woken early by my 2yr old knocking on the bedroom door. Had no acknowledgment from my partner so assumed this was the 3rd year in a row he couldn't be arsed/didn't care enough.

I've just been brought a mug and card by my DD with the expectation that I spend 5 mins blowing raspberries on her belly 😄. She then drank most of the pop in the mug. I did get a kiss and cuddle from her though - which she usually refuses to give me.

MrsLargeEmbodied · 27/03/2022 10:27

dd sent me a wonderful hand made card from miles away
meeting ds for a dog walk soon

other dd is abroad and has seemingly forgotten

AmbushedByCake · 27/03/2022 10:29

DS(5) was so excited to wish me happy mothers day that he came running in at 6.40 (early enough for a Sunday even without a clock change) and accidentally punched me in the mouth.

DH was meant to be working so I had ordered myself fancy shepherd's pie and sticky toffee pudding for dinner (nobody else likes them) as a treat. Surprisingly he took the day off and has taken DS out for a walk, DD is at a drama exam, so I get a bit of blissful peace. Also the DC played a game nicely and tidied it up afterwards, what more could I want Grin

Harrriet · 27/03/2022 10:32

All of my boys have given me some lovely cards, flowers and an orange tree. Dd hasn't but that's the norm as she doesn't think I deserve anything. Dh has been lovely and has found a you tube video of Queen that is raising money for Ukraine for me to watch.

Fernandina · 27/03/2022 10:32

I was woken up this morning by the call of DH's mobile phone alarm clock, which he had conveniently left downstairs. He didn't wake up, so I had to go down and switch the bastard thing off.

Since then, I have been to a car boot sale in the mist, eaten a bacon roll, and am now drinking coffee surrounded by my nearest and dearest. Oh, and I have a lovely card with kittens on it.

FreezyFreezy · 27/03/2022 10:32

I was so looking forward to going to Filey today, and so were my dc, but dh has woken up with a pounding headache so we can't really go. Dc and I are going to get cake and hot chocolate in town instead!

Frlrlrubert · 27/03/2022 10:34

I'm fairly sure I have a (probably unwrapped) present somewhere, as I sent DH into town with DD(5) yesterday with instructions to get me a present.

He's also of the 'you're not my mother' persuasion, though MILs day is usually a festival of celebration organised by SIL (MIL is a truly wonderful mother and SIL loves an event).

I score myself a lay-in by letting DD stay up way too late last night, so she's just surfaced saying 'I'm hungry mummy'.

I've referred her to 'Daddy', having reminded her what day it is, so she's woken him up.

Bunce1 · 27/03/2022 10:34

Do is out. But Dd brought me a menu and then I chose my breakfast of crumpet and jam with a coffee. Cost was three hugs.

Am sitting on a the garden sofa with the dog and my second coffee while DS tidies the sitting room and DD folds the laundry.

Ds signed his card from “your favourite child (we both know it, don’t fight it) which had us all howling!

Dh prepped gifts and cards with the kids and it’s lunch later.

It’s taken a few years of mishaps to get here but dh accepts that I rather like this “hallmark” holiday!

JessCat75 · 27/03/2022 10:35

Well everyone is still asleep except me, I expect it's due to the time change, I got up and made a coffee so will be expecting fanfares and bunting later Wink

itsgettingweird · 27/03/2022 10:36

Mine went shopping with nanny yesterday and got me some lovely gifts. He spent his own money and then brought me, mum and my dad something to eat/drink as he fancied Mac Donald's!

Some plants which he gave me yesterday.

This morning about an hour after getting up I reminded him we were going to my parents this afternoon and he replied "oh yes, you'll want the rest of your gifts then" 🤣🤣

Then hands me the backpack he put them in in town yesterday to open and get my gifts out Grin

He's fab. So generous and kind but he's autistic and his idea of a sense of occasion varies somewhat - plus it seems he forgets even when he's brought me gifts 🤦‍♀️🤣🤷‍♀️

Ps. I've refunded him the £10 he spent in Maccy d's.

Goonergirl14 · 27/03/2022 10:36

Mines is the usual crappy day unfortunately. Younger DS's handmaid gift has been ripped and thrown down the toilet, cereal and juice thrown over the floor, blind ripped off the wall, books ripped..older DS has ASD but it's so draining. Happy Mother's Day!

hashbrownsandwich · 27/03/2022 10:38

I've got an air freshener because I like Yankee candles. The only place that requires an air freshener is my husbands bathroom.

Still, I'm being treated to putting away the big Tesco shop!

Potterbore · 27/03/2022 10:39

My DS5 has been making lots of craft at school this week for me and I was presented with five cardboard boxes with varying degrees of decoration, pictures and a card.
I also got a cacti plant Grin
My DD9 wished me a happy Mother’s Day and went back to Roblox.

Yotrotro · 27/03/2022 10:41

DD 2.5 sang me a rendition of Barney's theme this morning, which went "you love me, I love me..." Grin she got the slobbery kiss and hug from me to you bit right though!

BestIsWest · 27/03/2022 10:41

Both my DCs are away. DS gave me a card yesterday and a bunch of carnations and said he’s ordered me a book which hasn’t arrived. DD sent a card and there is something in the post which should have been delivered yesterday but wasn’t.

I will go and see my own DM later - I have a pot of tulips in bud that I’ve grown for her and some chocolate and daffodils from the grandchildren. She has Alzheimer’s which makes me very sad.

TheDoveFromAboveCooCoo · 27/03/2022 10:43

Bought myself a McDonald's breakfast. DH gone to work. DD(13) hasn't so much as said happy Mother's Day. DD(17) hasn't surfaced.

Like FUCK am I ever making an effort for Father's Day again!

Minniem2020 · 27/03/2022 10:47

I got up with DS at 7am, DP is still in bed. Teenage DD will also still be in bed until around 2pm so I've washed dishes, hung washing out and put dinner in the slow cooker. All while trying to decide whether my labour has started or if just some twinges and a false alarm

1Micem0use · 27/03/2022 10:48

Mine's 2 and I'm a single parent, but he made me a lovely card at nursery and didnt wake up at the crack of dawn despite the clocks going forward.

SeaGlassBlue · 27/03/2022 10:50

DD wished me a Happy Mother's Day at 12:30am when I met her on the landing. She'd just got back from a party.

I was up before everyone else and dealt with the Tesco delivery at 9am.

To be fair, DS2 did come home from town yesterday with flowers from them all. DS1 is coming home later (he's at university) and apparently has chocolates. I've bought an M&S Mother's Day Dine In roast dinner and they're going to attempt to cook it. DD is working all day though as she waitresses in a restaurant and they have 100 or so people in for Mother's Day Sunday lunch.

wonkylegs · 27/03/2022 10:51

DH welcomed me with a 'happy torture daddy day' apparently supervising 13yo DS make me a bacon sandwich was painful (I believe this as I've watched him cook several times before - I don't know how he makes it so complicated or how he has so little common sense as he's usually quite bright)
I did however get the (cold) bacon sandwich and a coffee in bed.
5yo DS presented me with a card made at school with a whale shark eating a rainbow and hearts on it and a necklace I chose last week.
13yo DS presented me with a card bought at the village corner shop last night that screams last one on the shelf and a present bought by DH last minute on Etsy - it's nice but as the kids didn't know what it was they clearly had no hand in it.
Which to be fair is a theme - I bought MILs card and present
I'm in a good mood as I had a good FaceTime call with my Mum who is in a care home with Dementia she was bright and very chatty which is rare these days and she liked the presents I sent her.

Justsmileandwave1 · 27/03/2022 11:03

Been up since 4.30am with teething 1 year old, 3 year old has had a tantrum because we didn't get a bouncy castle for my 'party'. Have not recieved a card or present as DH is not organised at all Hmm but 3 year old is now currently entertaining me by dancing to the alexa and DH is trying to get back into the good books by running around cooking and cleaning whilst I put my feet up Grin